Inside the home, Galli juxtaposes glamorous and bohemian elements to create an interior that intentionally incorporates clashes. It was inspired by her design philosophy, which she says is based on five fundamental elements: nature, eclecticism, a no-rules attitude and a resounding love for surrealism and disco. Specifically, she was inspired by the architect Eileen Gray, Salvador Dalí and “strange assemblages of objects that make you wonder where you are”.
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Photo: Nina Poon
Steve Gold’s sunny SoHo loft
After visiting a potential client’s SoHo penthouse loft to discuss putting it on the market in late 2019, Steve Gold, famed realtor and star of Bravo’s *Million Dollar Listing New York—* finally cut the deal. “When I left, I ended up saying, ‘I’m happy to sell it to you, but I’m also going to buy it from you,'” he recalls.
The potential client turned out to be New York gallerist Sean Kelly, who had lived in the top-floor property for more than two decades. “My girlfriend Luiza and I were pregnant with our daughter, Rose, and I was living in a really cool development in Chelsea, but had thought about getting a bigger space,” Gold said. “I see a lot of places – all the time – and it had incredible bones and proportions, and I saw the potential.” As penthouse lofts pile up, this particular roughly 3,400-square-foot property has three exposures instead of the usual two, including a nearly 50-foot wall with south-facing windows overlooking the scenic cobblestones below. below.
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Photo: Douglas Friedman; Stylized by Mieke ten Have
A sophisticated townhouse on the Upper East Side
Mexican architect Carlos Garciavelez and New York designer David Lawrence share a Lhasa Apso named Lolo, a background in luxury fashion and a knack for creating unexpected and opulent spaces. And while they soft-launched their New York-based design business carlos david Three years ago, the couple managed to keep most of their plans under wraps, that is, until now.
They completely remodeled their client Nancy McCormick’s fifth-floor master suite to the studs, moving the bedroom to the south side of the house 18 feet wide, covering the bathroom with blue quartzite panels inspired by the courtyard of garden of Frick-Collection, and design a stunning fitting room, complete with a sparkling silver foil ceiling. The stairs and hallways of the 8,500-square-foot home have been changed from a “margarine yellow” to pearly black and white lacquer glamor, a nod to Coco Chanel’s original Paris store. Garciavelez and Lawrence redesigned the dining room as a golden forest, lining the walls with from Gournay handmade chinoiserie flowers and interlocking arborescent candelabras on two 1950s Maison Jansen desks artfully transformed into dining tables. “They just fit the bill in the most magical way,” Lawrence says. He explains that the offices can be separated for an intimate supper or squeezed together for big entertainment – a mobile feast.
–Carrie Seim
